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A site to assist with Force.com Certification
If you’re thinking of doing the Salesforce certification for Force.com, take a look at ForcePrepare. It has tutorials, FAQs and even a mock multiple-choice exam with answers and explanations. I asked...
View ArticleCareer options for Salesforce-experienced people
Back in 2000, I joined a dot-com darling called Ariba. Well, their success faded pretty quickly and I often wondered if I should have taken my other job offer, from Siebel (now a part of Oracle and a...
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Too much Chatter
I was in the audience at Dreamforce 2009 when Mark Benioff first demonstrated Chatter. Personally, I was non-plussed because my workplace keeps all its corporate knowledge on a Confluence wiki, which...
View ArticleOff-topic: It’s the Culture, Stupid! How Atlassian maintains an open...
I spend my working life at Atlassian, an Australian software development firm that’s building a reputation for its products and work culture. If you’re interested in learning more, take a look at my...
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Exceeding the API limit — not easy, but I managed!
My users recently reported a strange problem with an S-Control. Yes, we’re actually still using this outdated capability of Salesforce.com. In fact, when I got to manage the S-Controls, this message...
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Recommended cloud ‘sync tools’ for backup
Okay, this post isn’t exactly about Force.com, but it is cloud-related. After some extremely heavy rain here in Sydney (wettest July ever recorded), a friend asked me about online backup options. It...
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Mass undeleting records
I received a notice from my friendly Salesforce rep recently, advising that I had gone over my storage limit: The last time I had heard from Salesforce on such a matter was when Chatter went wild and...
View ArticleSOQL relationship query with Data Loader SDL file
Our Salesforce instance loads quite a bit of data via the Data Loader (so much, that it sometimes screws things up). This is done in automated batches via the command line. Better yet, the information...
View ArticleMass transfer opportunities and tasks
I had to transfer opportunities and tasks between users today. I noticed that the “Mass Transfer Records” option didn’t let me do it. I also found a couple of AppExchange apps that offered to do it,...
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New Force.com Certification Handbook
I was recently invited to be a technical reviewer of a book written specifically to help people study for the Salesforce.com Certified Force.com Developer exam. It’s written by Siddhesh Kabe who writes...
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